Dúnchad mac Conaing
Dúnchad mac Conaing (died 654) was king of
Dál Riata (modern western
Scotland). He co-ruled with
Conall Crandomna until he was defeated and killed by
Talorcan, king of the
Picts, in the
Battle of Strath Ethairt.
Dúnchad is named in
Senchus fer n-Alban and the
Annals of Ulster and the
Annals of Tigernach as the son of Conaing, almost certainly Conaing son of
Áedán mac Gabráin (died 622). One source names him
Dúnchad mac Dubáin, which may be an error, or his father may have been known by the epithet Dubán, or it may refer to a foster-father. He is assumed to be the
Dúngal who ruled with
Conall Crandomna according to the
Duan Albanach.
He is known to have had at least one son, Conall Cáel (died 681), and it is possible that he was the grandfather (or great-grandfather by some readings) of
Fiannamail ua Dúnchado and an ancestor of
Dúnchad Bec.
*
Anderson, Alan Orr,
Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500 to 1286, volume one. Reprinted with corrections, Stamford: Paul Watkins, 1990. ISBN 1-871615-03-8
* Bannerman, John,
Studies in the History of Dalriada. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1974. ISBN 1-7011-2040-1
*
Duan Albanach at
CELT (
translated)
